Word: sweeney
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity performers were named to the second team. Fullback Thomas L. Morgan '61, an extremely fast defender, and Tadhg Sweeney '61, a hard charging lineman, were the Crimson men so honored...
When Tadhg Sweeney was moved to an interior line position late in the campaign, a grim, unspoken battle took place in each game. The rugged Sweeney's stock in trade was charging the goalie--a perfectly legal maneuver, as long as the netminder does not have control of the ball. For a while in each first period, it was a question of whether the enemy goalie was going to yield to Sweeney's insistent pounding or play a charging game. In both the Brown and Yale contests, the goalie chose to hang back; each time, this was a vitally important...
...contests, the Crimson met Wesleyan near the end of Ocotber. Entering the last period with a 1-0 lead, the varsity proceeded to score three times in the fourth quarter. Even the first tally was the cause for mild elation, since it was the first of the season for Sweeney, who certainly had one coming. Dick McIntosh led off the fourth-period scoring, followed two and one-half minutes later by Sam Rodd on a head-in. After Rodd's goal, the varsity bench went wild; the previously injured Marsh McCall led the celebration of this5Left wing LARRY EKPEBU crashes...
...John Hedreen's painful shin splints allow, he will open at center forward, where his cool play-making should aid the Crimson greatly. Tadhg Sweeney, the left inside if Hedreen starts, will play center otherwise, and Seamus Malin will then fill in at inside. Right inside John Mudd is a valuable aggressive performer...
...Tadhg Sweeney's miraculous playing at center forward, much has already been said. His was, simply, the outstanding individual performance in a season notable for fine showings...